Hugh, we have been growing Granny Smith, Zestar and Pristine here at Royal Oak Farm on M9 in far northern Illinois for about 4 years now and have had good results. We also have Honeycrisp on Bud9 planted at the same time and they are half the size of the M9. We have decided to not use Bud9 again due to its slow growth pattern for our silty clay loam soil type. Hope this helps! Dennis Norton Royal Oak Farm Orchard 15908 Hebron Rd. Harvard, IL 60033-9357 Office (815) 648-4467 Mobile (815) 228-2174 Fax (609) 228-2174 http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Snyder To: Apple-crop discussion list Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [apple-crop] M9-Nic29 winter hardiness
Hugh: According to the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission M9-Nic29 rootstock is under the category of (fair) for cold hardiness. Their rankings range Tolerant, Good and Fair. Gary Snyder C & O Nursery From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hugh Thomas Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:18 AM To: Apple-crop discussion list Subject: [apple-crop] M9-Nic29 winter hardiness Does anyone have any experience with the winter hardiness of M9-Nic29 rootstock? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected] http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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